Editor’s note, December 25, 8 am ET: This story is being republished for the holiday season. It was originally published in 2020. It might seem unbelievable given that the “Christmas creep” now begins before Halloween, but the true Christmas season actually starts on Christmas Day itself. That’s right: December 25 marks the official start of […] Read more ›
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Donald Trump at the Iowa State Fair on August 12, 2023. | Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesA quick guide to Trump’s 4 indictments and why they matter. Donald Trump’s legal web has grown more tangled than ever. The former president is facing 91 criminal charges across four jurisdictions — Georgia, Florida, New York, and the District of Columbia. He has three trial dates set for 2024 so far. And all this is... Read more ›
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Oliver Anthony performs against a backdrop of American flags at the Eagle Creek Golf Club on August 19, 2023, in Moyock, North Carolina. | Mike Caudill/Billboard via Getty ImagesRight-wing Billboard breakout Oliver Anthony and the conservative country boom, explained. If you’ve paid any attention lately to mainstream radio, Billboard rankings, or viral internet hits — or if you watched the first Republican debate — you may have noticed that country... Read more ›
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Candles burn at memorials for Angela Carr, Anolt Joseph Laguerre Jr., and Jerrald Gallion near a Dollar General store where they were shot and killed the day before, on August 27, 2023, in Jacksonville, Florida. | Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesThe shooting adds to a litany of anti-Black attacks in recent years. On Saturday, a white gunman in Jacksonville, Florida killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in what authorities... Read more ›
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Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty ImagesEmmerson Mnangagwa declared victory despite claims of fraud and voter intimidation. Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been declared the victor in that country’s second competitive election, though multiple reports of intimidation and fraud are calling the result of this week’s contest into doubt. The potential impacts of a fraught election could mean lower turn out in the future and bigger challenges for a country already struggling with poverty,... Read more ›
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A screengrab captured from a video shared online shows Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russian private security company the Wagner Group, holding a rifle in a desert area while wearing camouflage in an undated video released on August 21, 2023. | Wagner Telegram account/Handout/Getty ImagesThe paramilitary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin may have been killed in a fatal plane crash. Update, August 27, 1:15pm: Russian authorities said Sunday that genetic tests confirm... Read more ›
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Jon Cherry/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe factors that lead to tragedies like the Jacksonville shooting are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law. A shooter opened fire at a Florida Dollar General store on Saturday, killing three people in what Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters described as a racially motivated crime. All three victims are Black Americans. The shooter — a white male in his early 20’s, was armed with a... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesActually useful ways to help children with homework, bullying, and mental health. In early 2020, around the onset of Covid-19 lockdowns, Jessica Mungekar noticed her seventh grade honor student, Layla, retreat. “I knew that she felt really uncomfortable and she wanted to fall into the background,” Mungekar says. “She didn’t want to be noticed and I didn’t quite understand it.” Meanwhile, Layla was keeping the source of her pain... Read more ›
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UAW President Shawn Fain speaks with workers a the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant. | Bill Pugliano/Getty ImagesAuto workers at the “Detroit Three” auto companies could stop work on September 14. Members of the United Auto Workers on Friday voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike at the so-called Detroit Three automobile manufacturers — Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis — should those companies fail to offer a competitive contract by the time... Read more ›
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Trump Judge James Ho speaks at a 2022 event hosted by the Federalist Society. | Shuran Huang/Washington Post via Getty ImagesImagine a Breitbart comments forum come to life and given immense power over innocent people. That’s Judge James Ho. If you could breathe life into 4chan, the dark corner of the Internet where shitposters, edgelords, Groypers, and trolls of all kinds thrive, and then appoint this new lifeform to the... Read more ›
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The defendants in the Georgia case will all receive mugshots. | Fulton CountyThe mugshots and the charges they face, briefly explained. Former President Donald Trump was arrested August 24 in Fulton County, Georgia, on charges related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The Georgia charges come from the largest of the four serious criminal cases Trump faces; one of several unique things about Trump’s Georgia indictment is the... Read more ›
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Scooter Braun in Hamburg, Germany, at the 2023 OMR Festival. | Marcus Brandt/dpa via Getty ImagesSorry, Swifties, Scooter Braun probably isn’t about to be arrested. Within a matter of days, music mogul Scooter Braun’s empire of pop stars has apparently collapsed, with one celebrity after another reportedly departing his studio — but no one knows what’s going on with Braun and his company, what prompted the exits, or even exactly... Read more ›
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Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy participate in the first debate of the GOP primary season. | Win McNamee/Getty ImagesDeSantis’s debate performance illustrated what makes him most vulnerable in his quest to become the Republican nominee. Wednesday’s night debate went almost as well as it possibly could have for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. None of his other rivals attacked him, he got out... Read more ›
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Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media after being booked at the Fulton County jail on August 24, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesTrump isn’t Hitler. But when it comes to the courts, he’s successfully borrowing the Nazi’s playbook. The criminal charges against former President Donald Trump could have been his downfall. Instead, he’s turned them into an opportunity. He’s been indicted four times, most recently surrendering... Read more ›
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Erik Von Weber/Getty ImagesThree things the US can learn about road safety from our ultra-safe air travel system. In the last decade, two passengers have been killed in accidents on US commercial airlines. Over the same period, more than 365,000 Americans have been killed by cars. Yet it was the safety of the US air travel system that was the subject of a damning, genuinely terrifying New York Times investigation... Read more ›
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The 2024 Republican presidential candidates do want the government to interfere with people’s medical decisions — but don’t want it to help people get health care. | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe GOP loves Big Government in health care — if it’s blocking abortion or trans care. As the Republican Party begins to define itself for the 2024 presidential campaign, its philosophy on health care is coming into focus: The government... Read more ›
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LA street services workers in July take a break in the shade of a nearby storefront as crews lay down new pavement. A heat wave brought triple-digit temperatures to the city; spiking temperatures across the country are continuing to affect workers, from farm laborers to teachers. | Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesWhy breaks, water, and shade for a sea of US workers could trigger the next... Read more ›
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SOMMAI/ShutterstockIt takes forever to get drugs on the market. AI could help speed up the process. In the 1968 novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey, the artificial intelligence system Hal (short for HAL 9000) kills its spaceship’s astronauts. In reality, the nickname Hal refers to a different kind of killer: not of humans, but of bacteria. In February 2020 — more than five decades after the science fiction film... Read more ›
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Kids love YouTube, but Google has to comply with children’s privacy laws when they watch. | JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty ImagesGoogle said it wouldn’t target ads to kids anymore, but multiple reports suggest it’s still happening. Google might be facing significant fines for violating children’s privacy through YouTube ads — again. Two recent reports suggest that the company is collecting data from and targeting ads to children, a violation of both the... Read more ›
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Donald Trump speaks to the press after turning himself in to law enforcement in Georgia. | Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesEverything you need to know about Trump’s arrest, mugshot, and coming arraignment. Former President Donald Trump now has a mugshot. Facing 13 counts related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, Trump surrendered to Georgia law enforcement on Thursday evening. He was taken into custody, or, as he put it on... Read more ›
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Donald Trump turned himself in to law enforcement this Thursday in Georgia. | Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesEverything you need to know about Trump’s arrest, mugshot, and coming arraignment. Facing 13 counts related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, Trump surrendered to Georgia law enforcement on Thursday evening. He was taken into custody, or, as he put it on his social media platform Truth Social on Thursday afternoon, “ARRESTED by... Read more ›
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